Crossing boundaries and maintaining differences between school and industry: Forms of boundary-work in Swedish vocational education

Journal of Education and Work

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-42

  Berner, Boel ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boundary work; Education industry linkages; Ethnographic restudy; Schooling; Sweden; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749158111     PISSN: 13639080     EISSN: 14699435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13639080903461865     Document Type: Article

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